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For every dramatic & sensational headline you see in the newspaper or on the net, there's usually another story behind, waiting to be uncovered. In this video blog, I take a weekly look at the headlines and interpret them for you, what they mean to your portfolio and your bottom line -- Brett Alegre-Wood, Property Investor & Educator.
04
Mar
2010

Brett's Property Investment News: What’s all the fuss over credit rating?

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys Welcome to this week’s YPC Property News Update. Find out why the time is right to invest in a Residential Property Fund. With its high return on investment and only £10k initial outlay, we’ll be foolish not to consider this type of investment. Is the cold weather to blame for falling house prices? What about stamp duty relief and consumer confidence – do they not factor into the equation? We’ll also take a look at how demand can drop like a stone but can also come back quickly...
25
Feb
2010

YPC Team help an Orphanage in Morocco

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, The team all contributed various children things and cash to help Mark Swaffield's partner, Narelle in her trip to Morocco. Here's the email report she sent to me about the trip. ---------------------------------------------- Dear Brett, I just wanted to write to you and provide an update of my recent trip to Morocco. I found the whole experience very worthwhile and was truly touched by the stories of the children there...
25
Feb
2010

Sophia's goodbye present - Her first (and last) blog - Why we can guarantee 6 weeks to let a property at YPC

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hello, Since I started at YPC I have been helping look after the lettings and as this is my last week at YPC I thought I would leave with a few words of wisdom on this topic. Now YPC guarantees to get your property let within six weeks*. So how are we so confident that we can achieve this? We employ a multitude of proactive strategies. Firstly we aim to use local agents that we can build a strong, symbiotic relationship with: ‘you scratch my back and I can scratch yours!’ On initially speaking to the agent we send them all the details of the development and let them know what our expectations of the Realistic Market rent (RMR) are...
25
Feb
2010

How YPC Lettings performs better than any local agent?

by josie
Hi, Have you thought about using YPC Lettings but think that you are better using a local agent? Do you think YPC Lettings is too far from your investment propertiy and not able or equipped to manage your property? First and foremost, YPC Lettings has your best interests at heart and we work for you, not the tenant. You know who we are and you trust us, that’s why you come back again and again to invest and build your property portfolio...
19
Feb
2010

YPC Group donates another USD$1000 to Kiva

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, We've donated another USD$1000 towards Kiva lending. You can check out our page on Kiva and the various entrepreneurs we are helping at YPC Group Kiva Live with passion, Brett Alegre-Wood
17
Feb
2010

New photos - Heartwood Forest tree planting day

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys We had a fantasitc day on Sunday planting trees at the Heartwood Forest. We must have planted a few hundred trees together. Just want to say thank you to those who joined us on the day. If you've missed the event, here are a few photos on the gallery.
17
Feb
2010

Brett's Weekly Property News: Would you agree to a regulated buy to let market?

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys Welcome to this week's property news. Hear it here first our new product - UK Residential Property Fund. I'll explain how this fund is accessible to all investors and how it will benefit you. Property prices continues to rise as supply and demand play catch up. What happens when supply finally reach demand? Should inflation rise to 4% as suggested by Prof Blanflower? What are the benefits for investors? Find out why I agree with him but only because I'm an investor myself...
09
Feb
2010

Our new product: a residential property fund accessible to everyone...

by admin
Hey Guys, It was November 2008 while sitting with Mick Rawlinson (who runs our Lincoln office) when we decided to look into the different complementary products that we could offer to our clients. We're very proud to be able to announce that many months of research and hundreds of hours of planning later, we're about to launch a new unregulated UK Residential Property Fund with a difference. The difference is that it's for the retail market...
03
Feb
2010

Brett's Weekly Property News: Tories tells us the necessity of recovery without the fine details

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys Welcome to this week's property news. George Osborne from the conservative party spoke up the necessity of recovery in a speech at the British Museum. He said the Tories would "rebuild" the economy on a "more solid foundations". Find out what he said in his speech and why the important details have been missed out. NIESR warns of squeeze on disposable income, increase in unemployment and falling house prices...
01
Feb
2010

Congratulations to Rosemary Chileshe our newest Lettings Manager.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Rosemary has taken the role of Lettings Manager for YPC Lettings. She'll be responisble for the day to day management for tenants and investors. Josie is on holidays back to Australia for a month from Wednesday so Rosemary and Mika will be handling all of Lettings enquiries. Live with passion, Brett
29
Jan
2010

We're expanding our Guarantees... Now we've got a full 2 year Rent Guarantee on all our properties.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Well its been a whole 3 years since we launched our guarantees and since then they have been the foundation of our property. Recently we've been asking our clients what things they would really like us to include in our service to them. One of the comments from a number of you is that we provide expanded guarantees on all our property. Obviously this is always a hard one but I think after running the numbers we have finally worked out a way to expand the guarantee offering...
27
Jan
2010

Congratulations Ron Kumar, our newest Property Consultant.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Ronald Kumar is the 4th of our latest hiring as Property Consultants. Live with passion, Brett
27
Jan
2010

Congratulatons, Daniel Varnaseri, our newest Property Consultant.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Daniel Varnaseri is our newest Property Consultant. Live with passion, Brett
25
Jan
2010

Brett's Weekly Property News: SVR reversal causes outcry for Skipton Building Society customers

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys The question on everyone's lips is: Should small prints be made bigger? Customers from Skipton Building Society are fuming after news broke that their SVR ceiling will be scrapped. The building society previously promised its borrowers that the SVR would never be more than 3% above the BoE base rate. But on this occasion, due to "exceptional circumstances", they break their promise and refer their customers to the small prints...
24
Jan
2010

Congratulations to James Bourn, our New Property Consultant.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, James Bourn is our newest Property Consultant. Whilst he is new to property he has been in IT and Advertising for many years. Live with passion, Brett
24
Jan
2010

Congratulations to Aftab Khan, our New Property Consultant.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Aftab Khan is another of our new Property Consultants. Aftab is a qualified Mortgage Broker and is currently completing his qualification in Islamic Finance. Live with passion, Brett
24
Jan
2010

Congratulations to Stafford Baxtor, our New Property Consultant.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Stafford Baxter is one of our new Property Consultants. Stafford has a long history of in property and sales and will be a valuable addition to the team. Live with passion, Brett
24
Jan
2010

New Build Off Plan Property is the best property strategy for 2010 through to 2016.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, New Build Off Plan Property is now a strategy whose time has come. For the past 3 years it has carried too much risk in most circumstances and therefore it was to be avoided. The main reason that this off plan property strategy was to be avoided was that since 2006 through the middle of 2009 it was to be avoided due to overpricing and the risk of a downturn. YPC Group pulled out of selling New Build Off Plan Property in 2006 for this very reason, even though many companies continued to sell off plan property which simply meant that many clients were at risk if the market dropped...
24
Jan
2010

Congratulations Mika Paech on her role change to Projects Manager

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Mika has been helping me out up until now as my Executive Assistant and as part of the role she has been setting up the Lettings side of the business. She has done a wonderful job of setting up the lettings and passing this onto Josie so i have asked her to take control and oversee a number of other projects that I want to complete this year. So she'll be taking on the role of Projects Manager...
24
Jan
2010

Congratulations Karen Earthrowl on her promotion to Director of Client Services.

by Brett Alegre-Wood
Hey guys, Karen has been working with us for over 3 years now and over that time has proven beyond a doubt her value in her role of Aftercare Manager. As the business has grown it has become essential that we promote many of our team into more senior positions. Karen's new role will see her continuing to take control of the Aftercare and also be expanded to overseeing YPC Lettings with Josie as well as Mika Paech in her new position of Projects Manager...

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